Tyson Fury, the big (6-foot-9, 260 pounds) and brash British heavyweight contender, has a world title shot coming his way in the near future. He is the mandatory challenger for champion Wladimir Klitschko. But rather than wait on that fight, which...

Heavyweight contender Tyson Fury knows that a win against Christian Hammer on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London will punch his ticket to a world championship shot against the winner of the April 25 fight between champion Wladimir Klitschko and Bryan...

A few notes from around the boxing world: &#8226; Middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin's 13th defense and 19th knockout in a row on Saturday against Martin Murray in Monte Carlo averaged 862,000 viewers on HBO, according to Nielsen Medi...

Heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev and promoter Sauerland Event have agreed to a contract extension, they announced on Wednesday. The deal comes three months after then-mandatory challenger Pulev (20-1, 11 KOs), 33, of Bulgaria, was brutalized for...

A few notes from around the boxing world: &#8226; Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (63-3, 54 KOs) and challenger Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) will meet head to head at the kickoff news conference on Wednesday afternoon at Madison Sq...

Seven years ago this month, heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko made his fourth title defense, unifying two world titles in a virtual shutout decision against then-undefeated Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden in New York. While the figh...

What newly crowed heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder will do next remains to be seen but he has a perfect plan in mind. He'd like to defend his title against British big man Tyson Fury and then face Wladimir Klitschko, the recognized champion, to...

Deontay Wilder became the first American heavyweight to win a world title when he dominated Haitian Bermane Stiverne en route to a unanimous decision Saturday night. Now it's Bryant Jennings' turn to see whether he can bring the rest of the belts back to

By becoming the first American to win a heavyweight title since 2006, unbeaten slugger Deontay Wilder silenced his critics with a wide unanimous decision win over Bermane Stiverne on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Here are five thin...

LAS VEGAS -- If heavyweight titlist Bermane Stiverne and mandatory challenger Deontay Wilder put on a fight as entertaining as their lively final news conference on Thursday, then everyone is in for a treat. Stiverne and Wilder, with apparent conte...

It has long been said in America that as the heavyweight division goes, so does boxing. And taking a quick glance at the past decade, business hasn't been all that good. So if you ask any expert the one solution that might most help bridge the ga...

The heavyweight title eliminator between Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov and former two-time cruiserweight titlist Steve Cunningham will be televised as HBO's co-feature on March 14, Main Events promoter Kathy Duva told ESPN.com. The fight has been set ...

The camps of heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and contender Bryant Jennings have not finalized their deal yet, but the most significant obstacle has been overcome -- agreeing on the money. Sources on both sides told ESPN.com that a financia...